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County union delegates press commissioners for livable wages, step system amid staffing shortages
Summary
Representatives of Communications Workers of America Local 1014 and allied speakers told the Camden County commissioners that current contract offers and insurance increases are driving staff shortages and urged reinstatement of a step-scale and higher raises.
Union representatives for county employees urged the Camden County Board of Commissioners to change the county’s approach to contract talks, saying current offers will not retain staff.
Jaren M. Steiner, identified at the meeting as president of CWA Local 1014, told commissioners the union had met with the county negotiations team three times since last month and said “there have been no discussions on livable wages, health insurance, and we are dying. We are drowning.” Steiner said many county employees are…
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